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Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus suis in Humans
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Between 1968 and 1984, 30 strains of Streptococcus suis causing meningitis were isolated in the Netherlands. Twenty-eight strains were type 2, one was type 4, and one was untypable. The average age of the patients infected with these strains was 49 years (range, 21-76 years); the male-to-female ratio was 6.5. Twenty-five patients (83%) were employed in the pork industry. Two patients (7%) died. In seven cases (23%), predisposing factors were identified. The most frequent sequela was hearing loss (54% of surviving patients). The data for these 30 patients were compared with those for 30 patients from outside the Netherlands whose cases of meningitis due to S. suis type 2 were described between 1968 and 1985. No differences were found. The estimated annual risk of developing S. suis meningitis among Dutch abattoir workers and pig breeders was approximately 3.0/100,000--a rate 1,500 times higher than that among persons not working in the pork industry.
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- Authors
- Arends, J. P., & Zanen, H. C.
- Venue
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1988-01-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 131-137
- ISSN
- 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6591
- OpenAlex
- W2021452235
- Cited by
- 449
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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